Tue. 10/27 - Kazakhstan Is Very Nice, But Venus Is Not

Throwing cold water on that whole signs-of-life-on-Venus news. A new travel guide to haunted hotels, based on bad Tripadvisor reviews. A study looking into why we don’t click or comment on certain posts online. And Kazakhstan changes their stance on Borat.

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Links:

• New analysis casts serious doubt on the claim of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus (Bad Astronomy)
• 12th order polynomial explanation (Bad Astronomy)
• Ghost Stories of Tripadvisor is a dreadful directory of hotel hauntings (It’s Nice That)
• 3 Things Drive Our Social Media 'Non-Click' Decisions (Futurity)
• Why don't we click on some social media posts? (UMich)
• Kazakhstan stops resisting Borat, adopts "Very nice!" tourism slogan (A/V Club)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter